The First Day of Spring () is a 1956 West German comedy film directed by Helmut Weiss and starring Luise Ullrich, Paul Dahlke and Ingeborg Schöner. It was based on the 1935 play Call It a Day by the British writer Dodie Smith. It was made at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Mathias Matthies and Ellen Schmidt. It premiered at the Marmorhaus in West Berlin.
Synopsis
As the first day of spring arrives the Hiller household is briefly in confusion. After twenty years of marriage mother Dolly meets an adventurer who wants her to go to Africa with her, while her husband Robert is involved with a flirtation with the attractive singer Bettina Morelli. Their three children after also undergoing the first taste of romance as well. By midnight, however, all has returned to normal.
Cast
Luise Ullrich as Dolly
Paul Dahlke as Robert Hiller
Ingeborg Schöner as Vera
Matthias Fuchs as Martin
Angelika Meissner as Lilo
Fita Benkhoff as Käthe
Robert Freitag as Bruno
Gustav Fröhlich as Paul Frank
Heli Finkenzeller as Edith
Brigitte Grothum as Trixi
Blandine Ebinger as Elsi
Carla Hagen as Fanny
Lori Leux as Oma
Katharina Mayberg as Bettina Morelli
Kurt Roy as Albert
Lou Seitz as Martha
Horst Willer as Fred
See also
Call It a Day (1937)
References
Bibliography
Parish, James Robert. Film Actors Guide. Scarecrow Press, 1977.